Note: Oh yeah! I got my newest chapter up! and best of all, I finally got some reviews! Thank you and Keep at it! They encourage me a whole lot! And Master Rainwalker, I hope you're reading this too! Anyway, our heroes are faced with a new mission: to retrieve the ingredients of the Lazarus Vector. A piece of Kaiba's past is revealed, and it's not very pretty. What happens next? Read to find out! Enjoy!
Chapter 26: Journey to the Farmer's Market
"Honda! Julie!" Atem shouted as he and the others arrived outside the lab.
"Dr. Langford!" Hawkins exclaimed in concern. They all found Yugi banging desperately on the metal door.
"DAMN YOU!" Yugi cried, "DAMN YOU!" Right at that moment the door opened, releasing what was left of the poison gas into the air. The leader of the Mermaid League backed away in a coughing fit.
"Yugi!" Atem hollered, dragging his doppelganger toward him. "Yugi, are you all right?"
Yugi coughed once before he answered, "I'm fine… Thanks."
"Thank heavens the poison gas is losing its effect now!" Pegasus noted, "It could easily kill anyone in a space that small however." As soon as he finished speaking however, heartbroken cries became more audible.
"Honda!" Mai gasped, and soon everyone ran inside. The Telekinesis wielder was kneeling on the floor, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Honda! You're all right!" Anzu gasped in relief.
"All right? ALL RIGHT?" Honda cried bitterly, "HOW CAN I BE ALL RIGHT? I LOST MY AUNT JULIE!" It was then that the others saw what the Telekinesis wielder was talking about.
Cradled in his arms was the corpse of Julie Langford.
"My God!" Raphael gasped. "I don't believe this!"
"My oxygen tank exploded…she died saving my life!" Honda wept, lifting his aunt's body. "If only I replaced that tank before it all happened!"
"Hey cheer up man!" Jonouchi reassured, "Is there a Vita-Chamber thing somewhere around here?" Honda lifted his head and stared at the sandy blonde with wide eyes.
"…Yeah! It's in the main lab!"
"Of course!" Mai stated, "Ryouta's father said something about Vita-Chambers having the ability to raise people from the dead!"
"But Mai, he also said it can work only on specific individuals." Atem reminded.
"If that's the case, then maybe Julie's one of them!" Jonouchi noted with a smile, "We don't know unless we try."
Honda wiped the tears. "You're right. Let's head to the Vita-Chamber." And so the team headed back to the main lab, with Honda carrying his dead aunt. In the place where a pool had formed from the leak, the Vita-Chamber stood like a beacon in the wall. Hawkins pushed the button to open the Chamber, and Honda carefully placed Julie's body inside. She looked like a floating angel with a lab coat from within, surrounded by the streak of blue energy. "Well, here goes." And with that, the Telekinesis wielder pushed the button that shut the tube and activated the scanner on the computer. For a moment, everyone held their breath as the blue energy waves traveled up and down the body. Finally, a message appeared on the computer screen.
"Scan Complete."
The energy waves stopped moving altogether and the Vita-Chamber's futuristic door slid open. The body of the pretty scientist slowly slumped out and Honda caught it. There was no movement, no sign of life.
"That's it?" Varon asked. Amelda stepped forward and placed two fingers on the neck of the scientist.
"It didn't work…there's no pulse…" the androgynous Agent confirmed sadly. "Julie is really gone. There's nothing we can do." Those words hit Honda especially hard, and once more his eyes were filled with tears of sorrow.
"No… no, it can't be!" Honda cried, "It's not fair! IT'S NOT FAIR!" The Telekinesis wielder ripped the oxygen mask off his face. Then he simply broke down on the spot and wept, mourning the loss of his aunt.
"I knew it." Jonouchi muttered bitterly, "That thing must have been broken…"
"Nope. I don't think so." Anzu confirmed.
"Well then I guess that means all those Vita-Chambers really don't have the ability to raise the dead after all!"
"Of course they has the ability to raise the dead, Mutt!" Kaiba blurted out in anger, "It may not have worked on Langford, but it definitely worked on me!"
"How would you know that?" Jonouchi barked back.
"Because my father created these Vita-Chambers—and I was his fucking guinea pig!"
The others stared at Kaiba in shock. "Your father…?" Pegasus stated.
"Yes, my birth father… Dr. Yi Suchong!" With the notable exception of Yugi, the entire team gasped.
Atem's eyes widened in horror. Suchong?
"Suchong?" Jonouchi gasped, "Y-you mean the guy who created all those plasmids?"
"…So you heard of that bastard." Kaiba noted.
"B-b-but that means Kaiba isn't your real last name!"
The Splicer Killer nodded. "You're pretty smart for a dog."—Jonouchi growled once more at the dog insult—"The name Kaiba is more of a middle name to me. It's also the middle name of my little brother, Mokuba Suchong." He took his card-shaped pendant and opened it up, revealing it to be a locket. Inside were photos of Kaiba and Mokuba from when they were very small. "I tried my very best to protect him… But when the Kyoki Wars got started… our father…" He couldn't finish his sentence, and tears began to flow down his cheeks as he shut the locket. For a moment, there was silence.
"You… really hate your father, don't you?" Mai noted.
"Hate him?" Kaiba snapped, "I DESPISED THAT FUCK!" He paused for a minute before he continued, "I admit, I don't remember much about my early childhood. But ever since the 2002 Shootout, my life was a living hell. I had every reason to be afraid of my father. He conducted a lot of experiments on me. He injected a lot of plasmids into my body. Some were among his latest creations. There were also many times he would force me to do things… like fight against certain people for example. One time I was even forced to… shoot Mokuba on the shoulder. I'm still amazed that he forgave me for doing that to him… but that's beside the point. Now I know what you're going to say next: 'Kaiba, why didn't you stand up to your father?' Well I'll tell you why: It's because I couldn't! I couldn't help but do whatever he told me to do! And I still don't know why!" Again Kaiba paused to compose himself. "And that was the case when Ryu Mutou made the commission to my father to create the Vita-Chambers during the early stages of the Second Kyoki War. For me, the testing of those Chambers was the worst of all my worst nightmares. His assistants tied me to the table, and that bastard gave me the command to hold still. Then he lifted up this massive drill and turned it on. I still remember the intense pain I felt when that drill ground my skull to pieces, and how my vision became red, then faded to black. After that, all my senses shut down. When I got them all back, I found myself staring at the backs of my father and his assistants… then I found myself staring down at my own body, my own face—or rather, large gaping hole where my face used to be! It was at that moment that I knew I was dead. I watched as the scientists took my corpse into the Vita-Chamber, watched with morbid fascination as that thing reconstructed my face, restoring it to such perfection that it was as if the drill had never even came near to my face in the first place! Then suddenly I felt myself being pulled back to my body. The next thing I know, I woke up inside the Chamber. Do you know how many times I went through that ordeal? FIVE! My father killed me five times the same way, and each and every time I came back to life in full health! Do you have any fucking doubts about the Vita-Chamber's resurrection ability NOW?"
Everyone was truly stunned at the story that they had just heard. Jonouchi stared bug-eyed at the Splicer Killer and stuttered, "I-I-I can't say I do…"
"That's terrible Kaiba! I didn't know Suchong actually did those things to you!" Yugi stated.
"That's why I'm happy he's dead now." Kaiba explained, "But just when I thought it's all over I discovered that he converted Mokuba into a Scavenger prior to his demise. By the time I found out about it, Mutou had already sent him to wander the streets in search of Nagi. I've been searching him out and protecting him ever since."
Suddenly Atem's Video Phone emitted its signal. Quickly the Bolt wielder answered the call. "What the hell is going on?" Raiden demanded from the screen. "What just happened?"
"Well Raiden, I got some bad news." Atem replied and turned the Video Phone toward Honda and his dead aunt. "Mutou just killed Julie Langford."
"Damn it!" Raiden barked, "Every time we get one step ahead, Mutou takes the finish line and puts it on the other side of the track!"
"At least she left us with the one thing that can revive the trees." Atem noted, turning toward his grieving friend. "Isn't that right Honda?"
Honda lifted his head up. "Yeah… the recipe for the Lazarus Vector!"
"It's up to you now Honda… create the Lazarus Vector in my place… save Arcadia… save Kyoki… cough, cough… so that my death… will not be…cough… in vain!"
"Right before she died, she wrote down some numbers on the window when it got all fogged up. They make up the combination that opens a safe containing a list of the ingredients, and a key to the old Farmer's Market."
"So you're saying we have to gather up the ingredients and make the Vector ourselves?" Anzu asked the Telekinesis wielder.
"It may be our only chance." Raiden answered, "Get to it then."
"We'll do." Atem replied before he ended the call. "Honda, take us back to the main office."
"Right!" Honda answered. Carefully he laid his dead aunt down in the water. "Aunt Julie… I'll do what you ask of me. I'll make the Lazarus Vector and use it to revive the forests. I swear I'll make you proud! I promise you that!" With that done, he rose to his feet and led the others back to the main office. Once there, they stared at the numbers written on the window.
"So this is the combination of the safe, huh?" Jonouchi mused, "The question is, where's the safe?"
"I don't know." Honda admitted, looking around the office, "I don't see anything in this place that even resembles a safe." Beta suddenly a whale moan that held a hint of interest.
"What did you find Beta?" Anzu asked her Hunter, and in reply he pointed a wall behind the team. They all looked and saw a beautiful landscape painting.
"Hmmm…" Hawkins mused, "This is a fine painting she's got."
"But now's not the time to be admiring art Mr. Bubbles!" Rebecca added hastily, "We need to save the trees!"
Blossom immediately gasped. "Wait a minute!" She made a quick scan of the painting and the resulting data was nothing less than astonishing. "There's something behind that painting!" Surprised, Honda went over take a look. He was even more surprised when the piece of art swung to the side like a cupboard. Right behind it was a securely locked safe, complete with a keypad!
"Good work, my dear Blossom!" praised Pegasus.
"It appears that Julie was even smarter than we realize." Raphael mused, "We didn't even know that safe was behind there!" Honda, meanwhile, did not hesitate to enter the code that his aunt had revealed to him. Once the machine made a beep to confirm that it was unlocked, he swung it open. Inside was a piece of paper, listing the recipe for the Lazarus Vector, a gold colored key card with the words 'Farmer's Market Key' written on them, and a bottle with what appeared to be yellow liquid inside. Honda gasped in amazement.
"What'd you find mate?" Varon asked.
"Is that what I think it is?" Honda stated, taking the bottle out for a closer look. "It is! It's the Clever Inventor gene tonic!"
"Then what are you waiting for?" Jonouchi encouraged, "Equip that tonic so you can get smart enough to make that Vector thing!"
"Shut your trap Jonouchi!" Honda barked as he prepared the syringe. Once the gene tonic was ready, he injected it into himself. He winced as if in slight pain, then his expression grew calm. Soon he opened his eyes and turned toward the team. "Let's go."
"Professor Hawkins," Atem requested, "You don't mind staying here at the lab do you?"
"Not at all," replied the old professor, "Someone needs to keep watch over this place."
Rebecca stepped toward the Prince of Kyoki with a smile. "Good luck Yugi! And be careful!" she chirped and gave him a kiss on the cheek, once again earning a glare from Anzu.
"Relax Hon." Mai reassured the diplomatic protector, "Rebecca's just a small kid. Besides, Yugi's not interested in her anyway." As if to confirm Mai's words, Yugi blushed furiously when he laid eyes on Anzu.
"We have no time to waste!" Atem stated, "To the Farmer's Market!" And quickly the team sped out, leaving Hawkins and Rebecca behind.
A dead leaf fluttered downward, floating over the team as they followed the pathways. "You know, when I planned to take a walk in the woods, this is not what I had in mind." Anzu admitted, referring to the withered surroundings.
"I understand exactly what you mean Miss Anzu." Pegasus replied, "It's terrible that this beautiful forest was reduced to a wasteland under the sea."
"Hopefully we'll find all the ingredients to the Lazarus Vector so we can undo the damage my father had done." Yugi noted. He looked downward with a sad expression on his face.
"What's wrong Yugi?" Atem asked.
"I can't help but feel that all this is my fault." Yugi answered, "First the forests of Arcadia, now Julie Langford. And it's all because I'm the son of Ryu Mutou." He faced the Bolt wielder with sad eyes. "Perhaps… It would be best if you and the others had never met me."
"Don't say that Yugi!" Atem stated, "Meeting you is the best thing that ever happened to me since I came to Kyoki!"
"That's right!" Jonouchi agreed, placing a hand on the shoulder of his new friend, "Think of all the good things that happened because of you. Without you, the survivors in the Safehouses would have no one to turn to!"
"Yeah Yugi," Honda added with a smile, "You proved many time over that you're nothing like your father. So stop putting yourself down like that!"
Yugi gave a small smile. "Thanks a lot guys."
"By the way Honda," Atem asked, "How many ingredients do we need to make this Lazarus Vector? And how much of each ingredient?"
"We only need three ingredients," Honda replied, holding up the list. "And Aunt Julie said that we need seven of each one in order to revive the whole forest. So far we have six flasks of chlorophyll and we've yet to find the distilled water and the bee enzymes. Once we get to the old Farmer's Market, we'll need to find some clues to each of their whereabouts."
"HELP!" A panicked voice cried from the hallway they were approaching, "IT'S THOSE FUCKIN' FANATICS!"
"Sounds like someone's in danger!" Varon exclaimed, "Hurry!" The others sped toward the source of the cries, which was coming from an arched gateway leading to a courtyard. Once there, they saw a man surrounded by fires lumbering toward them. But it soon became obvious that for that innocent man, it was already too late: he slumped lifeless to the ground at their feet.
"Daaamn!" Jonouchi stated in near horror, "That guy just got killed by a mage splicer!"
"But how can you be certain it's a mage splicer?" Mai asked.
"Some ordinary people never learn." Kaiba muttered, staring at the fresh corpse. "And it's a shame too. If they don't have the skills needed to fight those monsters, they shouldn't be wandering the main city alone." He was quickly interrupted by a wicked chuckle filling the hall.
"Wait!" Anzu gasped, "Did you hear that?" Beta moaned his whale call and lifted his rivet gun as once again, the green light in his helm turned blue.
"From what your Hunter is saying, it's coming from over there." Atem noted, pointing near the archway. There were four straw dummies hanging in different directions at the center.
"Uh, Atem?" Yugi asked, "Don't you think it's a little odd that there's a storm cloud hovering over us?" Indeed a gray cloud was floating toward the team from above.
"Eeek! Warning! Warning! Splicer Detected!" Blossom shrieked in fear.
"So it is a mage splicer!" Mai gasped, "And by the color of this one I'd say this must be a lightning mage! I have to get a picture!" As the violet-eyed shutterbug pulled up her camera, the 'cloud' struck lighting on the straw dummies one by one, causing each of them to burst into flame. Soon a voice echoed from the cloud.
"The Xibalbites don't take kindly to strangers!"
Quickly the mage splicer materialized into view. Like the other mage splicers before her, she was dressed in tattered business clothes decorated with leaves, feathers and fur, along with a crude wooden mask that covered her hideously distorted face. Balls of lightning began to form in her open hands.
"I got the photo!" Mai announced, "Look at this!" And she showed the data to her friends.
Lightning Mage Splicer
As the name implies, the lightning mage splicer is the master of the Bolt plasmid. At lower levels, attacks of this mage splicer are similar to the fire mage and ice mage except that they become living lightning bolts. But unlike the other types of mage splicers, lightning mages can also attack while teleporting. At higher levels, they truly become a thunderstorm incarnate, able to summon a hailstorm of lightning. They are immune to lightning-based attacks.
"Wow! That mage splicer packs a punch!" Amelda gasped. He glared at his splicer opponent. "I suppose that make it all the more reason to blow her up!" With that, he threw his grenades. To his dismay, the splicer unleashed her lightning bolts onto the projectiles, destroying the grenades in midair. "NO WAY!" Amelda exclaimed. Before anyone could react further, the lightning mage shot toward the team, become a bolt of electricity.
Raphael shouted, "LOOK OUT!" He and Honda jumped sideways in different directions to dodge the bolt. The Telekinesis wielder did a graceful roll before taking a fighting stance on one knee.
"Aw man, that bitch is fast!" Honda muttered with a glare, and he aimed his pistol. His bullets managed to hit the splicer on the side before she activated her teleportation ability. The gray cloud floated in the midst of the fighters and crackled with electricity. In a flash, three separate lightning bolts each struck Atem, Kaiba, Jonouchi. Each one of them all screamed in sheer agony.
"ATEM! KAIBA! JONOUCHI!" Yugi screamed in horror. The others watched in equal shock as the three elemental Plasmunds slumped to the ground. Thankfully, the bolts were not powerful enough to be lethal, but it still dealt some damage.
"I don't understand it!" Atem muttered, staggering to his knees, "I have the Bolt plasmid! So why…?"
"That just shows… that you need an upgrade too." Kaiba answered, "You may be immune to your own lightning, but not to lightning from outside sources. That can only change with an upgrade. This is also true for wielders of Blaze and Blizzard."
"So that's why you didn't get frozen by the ice mage Kaiba!" Jonouchi stated, "That Sub-Zero thing of yours must have given you additional protection as well as give a power boost!" the sandy blonde suddenly gasped in realization. "If that's the case with all elemental plasmids, then that means I'm immune to fire thanks to my Human Torch upgrade!" The lightning mage materialized again, and the trio barely had enough time to dodge yet another plasmid attack.
"You know, I think it's time to put my new plasmid on Overdrive! Stand back people!" Mai shouted, lifting her fist. Her wind halos spun faster and her eyes began to glow. She wound her arms around her body like they were propellers. "PLASMA HURRICANE!" With one smooth motion, she thrust her arms outward and large gusts of wind gathered together to create the namesake of her Overdrive Ability: a massive hurricane. Like a living creature, the winds lifted the mage splicer up into the air before she got a chance to respond. And the enemy screamed in horror and agony as she was tossed into the surrounding walls again and again, like she was nothing more than a rag doll. "Jonouchi, I got her softened off! Get yourself together and finish her off!" The sandy blonde stood up, leaning on his sword. A look of determination was upon his face as the winds began to die down. Then with a loud battle cry, he leaped into the air and cleaved the weakened splicer in two. Jonouchi landed on his feet and struck a fighter's pose, while the two pieces of the corpse slammed to the ground from behind him.
He panted for a moment, then let out a sigh and fell to his knees. "That takes care of that creep."
"Way to go Jonouchi!" Anzu cheered. Seeing that the battle was over, Mai and Honda sped over to Atem, Jonouchi and Kaiba and got busy injecting the Nami serum.
"Thank you Mai." Atem sighed with a small smile, "You were a big help over there."
"No problem." Replied the violet-eyed shutterbug. Now healed, the Bolt wielder stood up to investigate on half of the severed splicer. Something was sticking out from the dead splicer's pocket.
"Honda!" Atem called, "You have something to check off your list."
"All right!" Honda cheered, taking his much-needed seventh and final flask of chlorophyll. "One ingredient down, two to go."
"And those ingredients are waiting for us in the old Farmer's Market straight ahead!" Yugi pointed out.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Varon replied, "Let's head on over there and get 'em!" Soon the team approached the locked gate.
"You do the honors, Honda." Raphael stated.
"Gladly." Honda answered, taking out the Farmer's Market key card and slid it into the open slot. The gate in turn unlocked itself and slid open. "Here we go." Just as the team stepped through and approached the metal doorway, Atem suddenly gasped, and once more clutched his head in pain. Once more, images of his memories on the farm filled his mind in rapid succession: Riding on one of his parents' oxen, feeding the chickens, and eating apples from on top of the apple tree with Jonouchi. Then the images vanished.
"Atem?" Jonouchi gasped, running to his childhood friend, "Atem, what's going on now?"
"The memories of my childhood on the surface… For some reason they keep coming back to me!" Atem answered in panicked confusion. "Oh Mother of Ra! Is this all a coincidence?"
"We can talk about it later Atem." Jonouchi noted, "Right now we need to start searching the place."
"Right." Agreed Atem. And so the team continued onward.
The old Farmer's Market was truly a shadow of its former self. The stalls were in disrepair, moist with the misty seawater and stained with blood. Everywhere one would look, there was spoiled produce long forgotten, from moldy cheese to rotten meat and everything in between. On one of the empty stalls sat a certain hacker with silver white hair, his body dotted with the blue globs of his Security Target plasmid. In one hand he held the bloody still-beating heart of his latest victim, and he gnawed on it like it was a piece of fruit. In the other was a video diary he just found, and after he comfortably seated himself, he pushed 'play'. The face of Ryu Mutou appeared on screen. "Take a look at this." Mutou stated in front of the camera, directing it toward the subject of his entry: a Hunter with his Scavenger. "See those two? There are so many like them that are wandering the streets for Nagi. And I was partially responsible for the latest generation made in Point Prometheus." The camera shifted back to Mutou, who let out a sigh. "I still remember my first encounter with the first pair… He, a lumbering brute in a foul-smelling 1950's diving suit, and she, a pitifully unwashed moppet in a filthy pink dress. Her pallor was off, gray and morbid… And now all those children that came after her…with their long needles, their wandering daydreams, their… ghastly errands… their older warrior siblings… and their ghoulish Frankenstein mothers and fathers…" He paused again to let out a thoughtful sigh, wiping the sweat off his brow. "Throughout the history of this city, many of us had placed our hand on the Great Chain of endeavor. My hand was on it. Yugi's was on it. Even the hand of Dartz was on it in the past, although he twisted it for his own selfish gain. But my point is, we all pull it and are pulled by it in return. Yes, there are some heartless individuals who would dare to call these children abominations. But it's not my hand alone on the chain that created them, no! Their little fingers were right there, next to mine. But the plasmid business that made a link in this Great Chain is not the only reason I paired them with their monstrous guardians… It's also because I love them, just as deeply as I love every other child, including my own son. And I don't want to see them get hurt." The 'movie' ended soon after.
"Heh… so much for protecting your little brats Mutou." Bakura chuckled, taking another bite of the heart. "All you did was place them right into my grasp. They really fit in well with my overall plan."
Suddenly, he heard a voice coming from the entrance of the now-abandoned market. "Man, get a load of the smell! It stinks like mold in here!"
"Uh-oh." Bakura mused, casually dropping the remains of the heart. "Looks like my pawns are coming. Heh, heh, heh… More playtime on my part." He sported a wicked grin. Quickly, he took his bottled water and poured some on his face and hands, washing off the blood. "Don't want them to get too suspicious…" Soon he heard footsteps echoing in the empty market. Atem and his companions stepped into view.
"Well, it doesn't surprise me that there's a particularly bad odor Jonouchi." Anzu replied to the sandy blonde's previous comment, "This was a farmer's market before the 2006 New Years Attack."
"Yeah, but that's no excuse to leave behind all that fresh food!" Jonouchi retorted.
"Hey, WAZZUP?" Bakura shouted enthusiastically, grabbing everyone's attention. "I was starting to miss you guys!"
"Bakura!" Atem gasped. "Is that really you? Where the hell have you been?"
"I've been, uh, wandering around the city, nothing more. Anyway, I see you got some more friends to watch your back. Especially the famous Prince Yugi… Now that I look at you two, you really do resemble each other." Bakura replied, "So what brings you all the way to this place?"
"It's rather complicated, Bakura." Honda answered, "We're here to get some ingredients for the Lazarus Vector. We've already got one off the list. Now all we need is distilled water and bee enzymes."
"That's it?" Bakura mused, "Hmmm… I think I got something that could help you out." Reaching into his pouch, the hacker took out two video diaries. "Here, catch!" With that, he tossed them to the Bolt wielder and his doppelganger.
"W-wha?" Yugi stuttered, "But which one should we watch first?"
"Pick whatever you want. You can play the second one later." Bakura replied bluntly.
"All right." Jonouchi stated, "Then let's plaaaay… this one!" The sandy blonde's finger was pointing to the video diary held by Yugi, so the Prince of Kyoki pushed play while everyone watched. It wasn't long before a boy with short blue-green hair and glasses appeared on the screen. From what they can see, this guy was very angry.
"Listen Julie, I'm trying to run the family business here! You wanna spend time with my beautiful honeybees? Well then, I'M GONNA HAVE TO START CHARGIN' YA FOR THE PLEASURE!" The boy gave a really scary close-up on the screen as he yelled, before backing away to continue, "As for your question, yeah, my days of taking bee keeping lessons are a bit blurry, but I clearly remember something about that enzyme you keep yakking about… BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER! If I come over here one more time and catch you or your nephew wandering among my precious hives, I'M GONNA GET MY TIGER CLAWS…" Once again, the boy started giving his angry close-ups. "OR BETTER YET, I'LL SEND MY TRUSTY SWARM OF HORNETS TO REARRANGE YOUR FACE!" By then his bloodshot eyes were the only thing that could be seen onscreen, intimidating the onlookers. Thankfully, that was when the entry ended.
"The guy on this video diary goes by the name of Haga." Bakura explained smugly. "From what I found out, he works at the Goldwing Apiary here at the old Farmer's Market, and he's very protective of his bees and their hives—so much so that recently, he's become nothing less than paranoid. And considering the fact that he's not even a splicer, you might say it's scary."
"But since the enzymes we're looking for might still be at that apiary, we have to take that chance and go there." Amelda reasoned.
"Agreed." Honda replied.
"Then let's go to the Goldwing Apiary." Kaiba announced, "And when we get there, be prepared for anything!"
"You got it Kaiba Boy," Pegasus replied, "Lead the way Blossom!"
"Okie Dokie Master!" chirped the doll, going into radar mode, "The Goldwing Apiary is straight ahead, at the right-hand fork of the glass tunnel!" The rest of the team nodded before they sped down the marketplace.
Note: And that concludes this chapter of Plasmashock. In the next chapter, our heroes will attempt to retrieve the enzymes of the honeybee. But when they confront the paranoid beekeeper, they will discover in him their fiercest opponent yet! Will they overcome this tremendous obstacle? Until Next Time!